HITS estimates: Kelly 24k, Elliott 20.2k

The Mothers' Day effect was in fill swing last week as evidenced by big gains in sales all around for Idol-related albums according to HITS Daily Double's Top 50 building album sales chart.

Kelly Clarkson once again led things off with All I Ever Wanted, which jumped nine spots to #15 thanks to a 29% uptick in sales to 24k copies. Elliott Yamin, whose sophomore release Fight For Love debuted at #25, was only able to move 20.2k in its first week, which was a whole 25k off my optimistic 45k prediction. Hopefully its total will grow when the actuals come in from Billboard.

Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride was also up for the week, 23% to be exact, as it rose #30-27 and moved another 19.3k units. Both David Cook and Daughtry re-emerged into the Top 50, with the former's self-titled album netting 12.5k and landing at #44 and the latter's debut release taking in 12k right behind at #45.